Jig



July 19, 1938.

G. A. OKERFELT JIG Filed 0G13. 22, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l M fifa July 19, 1938.

Filed 001'.. 22, 1955' G. A. OKERFELT 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m Wwf,

me/whom George A. fferfelzz Patented July 19, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 5 Claims.

This invention relates to drilling devices and, more particularly, to a jig especially adapted to be employed in conjunction with drilling and reaming operations in dies and similar work 5 whereby holes of desired size may be easily and accurately produced in precisely required positions within the work piece.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a portable jig or drilling guide which may be utilized with any suitable drilling device to quickly and accurately locate the drilling position relative to the work so that holes of desired size may be formed therein in predetermined but adjustable positions.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a precision jig which may be simply and easily constructed and which embodies indicating mechanism whereby the axial position of a hole to be drilled in a work piece may be prelocated 2O with extreme accuracy relative to side faces of the work.

With these and other objects in view, my invention resides in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and referred to in the claims appended hereto; it being understood, of course, that the disclosures as shown in the drawings are by way of illustration only, and minor details of construction lying within the scope of the claims may be resorted to Without deviating from the spirit of. the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

To the accomplishments of these and other objects which will be apparent from the follow- 35 ing description of my invention, I have provided a portable jig which may be utilized in conjunction with any drilling mechanism to prelocate the; drilling position relative to the work so that holes may be produced therein in desired positions and with extreme accuracy.

In the drawings, wherein like parts are indicated by like numerals:

Figure 1 is a plan View of my invention showing the relative position' of the various parts when adjusted to pre-locate a drilling operation;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of my invention looking towards the bottom portion of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken 50 substantially along the lines 3-3 of. Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken along the line of Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along 'the line 5-5 of Fig. l and showing the removable drill guide.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the preferred type of my invention, I have provided a work supporting table I having a plane top face il adapted to support a work piece in operative position and a pair of downwardly depending spaced legs I3 which preferably terminate in flat supporting faces ld lying in the same horizontal plane whereby the table lll may be evenly and uniformly supported on any suitable horizontal surface such as the table of a power drill. The forward end of table Ill is provided with an upstanding portion I6 which may be integrally formed therewith or, if desired, made from a separate plate suitably and rigidly secured thereto. The upstanding portion I6 is provided with 15 a vertical surface i8, all parts of which lie in a plane lying precisely at right angles to the face Hof table lll. The opposed sides of table l0 terminate in parallel faces I9 and 2D which lie precisely `at right angles to the work supporting 2Q face l l and also lie in the same respective planes with the end faces 2| and 22 of upstanding portion i6.

A vertical guide plate is secured toface 2D of table I0 in such a manner that it may be moved 25 towards and from the end of upstanding portion l@ and always maintain a plane guide face 26 thereon perpendicular to surfaces Il and I8. It will thus be appreciated that a work piece, such as a die having a flat supporting face and a side and end faceat right angles to each other and lying perpendicularto the supporting face, may be engaged and located by the surfaces Il, I8, and 26. To facilitate proper engagement of surface 26 with a desired portion of the work, the 35 plate 25 is secured for slidable movement along the side face of surface 20. To accomplish this in a convenient manner and yet always maintain the surface 26 perpendicular to faces Il and I8, I provide a T-shaped slot 2l which is cut in the 40 side face 20 and longitudinally parallel to surface Il. The lower portion of plate 25 is provided with an inwardly projecting tongue 28 eX- tending throughout the length of plate 25 and slidably received within the narrow portion 29 4.5 of the T-slot 21 to guide the movement of plate 25 as it is slid along surface 20.

In order to provide sufficient clearance for a clamping device to rigidly locate plate 25 in its slidably adjusted position, the tongue 28 is 50 arranged to extend only through a portion of the width of the narrow portion of thefT slot, as shown in Fig. 3. A hole 30, located intermediate of the length of plate 25, passes therethrough and through a central portion of. tongue 28. A

locking bolt 32 is provided with a cylindrical shank slidably received within hole 39 and having a substantially rectangular head 36 at its inner end slidably received within the enlarged portion 51 of T slot 21 and arranged to straddle the narrow portion 29 of said slot and engage the spaced inner surfaces 38 thereof. The outer end of the locking bolt is provided with a screw threaded portion 39 adapted to receive a thumb nut 49. For convenience of adjustment, the inner end of thumb nut 49 is provided with a counterbore coaxial with the screw threaded hole therethrough and arranged to receive a coiled spring i2 surrounding threaded portion 39 and resiliently engageable against member 25. It will thus be appreciated that thumb nut 40 may be tightened on locking bolt 32 to clamp head 36 against surfaces 38 and rigidly secure member 25 in desired pre-adjusted position. Whenever the thumb nut 4U is loosened, the resilient engagement of coiled spring 42 against member 25 will serve to frictionally maintain locking head 36 in positive but slidable engagement with surfaces 38 whereby plate 25 will be free to slidably move along surface 20 and yet be properly supported.

For reason which will be later explained in detail, it is frequently desirable to minutely adjust the position of plate 25. Whereas this may be accomplished by loosening thumb nut 40 and manually sliding plate 25, for convenience of adjustment I further provide a device whereby the plate may be gradually and slowly moved through minute distances to locate it precisely where desired with relation to surface I8 of member I6. To accomplish this, I secure a bracket 45 to the lower end of member 25 adjacent to T slot 21 by means of a clamping screw 41 and pins 48 or other suitable devices. Bracket 45 is provided with an inwardly extending ear 50 having a screw threaded rod 5| rigidly secured therein and centrally aligned with slot 21 but in spaced relation thereto, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A clamping member, generally indicated at 53, is provided with a pair of spaced parallel outstanding ears 54 and 55 having aligned holes there-` through arranged to slidably receivethreaded rod 5|. A thumb nut 51 is located between said ears and screw threaded on rod 5| for a rotative progressive movement thereon. The member 53 is further provided with spaced vertically aligned surfaces 60 intermediate of which is located an inwardly projecting tongue 6| arranged for slidable movement within the narrow portion 29 of T slot 21 in the same manner as tongue 28 on plate 25. A clamping mechanism, comprising an adjustable thumb nut 65, a locking bolt 66, a spring 61, and bolt head 68 of the same general construction as described in the clamping device associated with plate 25, is suitably mounted within the rearward portion of member 53, as illustrated, whereby it may be positively locked in adjusted engagement with surface 20. It will thus be appreciated that thumb nut 65 may be loosened, and spring 61, which is arranged to bear against the body portion of member 53, will serve to irictionally maintain bolt head 68 in Contact with but in slidable engagement with surfaces 38 within the T slot. Hence, when thumb nuts 40 and 65 are both loosened, the plate 25 Aand its associated clamping and adjusting mechanism may be manually slidably positioned along surface 20 as a unit. However, when it is desired to minutely position `plate 25, thumb nut 40 is loosened and thumb nut 65 is tightened to rigidly secure the clamping member 53 in xed position relative to the table, after which adjustment of thumb nut 51 will serve to minutely move threaded rod 5| in either desired direction and locate plate 25 as precisely required. When plate 25 has been exactly positioned, thumb nut 4D may be tightened to rigidly secure the plate in its adjusted location.

To positively and precisely locate the work in drilling position, I have provided any suitable locking device arranged to clamp the work piece in engagement with surfaces II, I8, and 26. In the present instance, this device may comprise a plurality of bunters 19. As shown, these preferably comprise upstanding metallic posts each having a reduced cylindrical portion 1| adapted to slidably iit within any one of a plurality of holes 12 vertically extending through table I9. The upper end of each of the bunters is provided with a horizontal screw threaded hole therethrough arranged to threadably receive a thumb screw 15. The work is located against the engaging surfaces, and the bunters are then suitably positioned within desired holes 12 and employed to rigidly clamp the work against the locating surfaces. If desired, as is the usual practice in drilling operations, the work may be supported on suitable parallels, and suitable wedges may be inserted between the operative ends of the thumb screws 15 and the work.

In order to precisely locate the drilling operation relative to the work, I have provided a main drill guide plate 89 slidably located on a supporting bracket 8| which in turn is located in vertical adjustment upon the end of plate 25. A drill guide bushing 83 extends through plate 80 to locate the position of the drill during a drill-l ing operation. Hence, it will be appreciated that by longitudinally adjusting the position of plate 25, it will serve to longitudinally position the drilling location relative to surface I8, and lateral adjustment of plate 89 on bracket 8| will serve to laterally position the drilling location relative to surface 26 of plate 25. By minutely regulating these various adjustments, the bushing 83 may be pre-located in such a manner that the work may be drilled in a precisely desired position.

The drill guide plate 89 is arranged for vertical adjustment by means of bracket 8| which is provided with a downwardly depending arm 85 having a plane vertical engaging face 86 which may be clamped into frictional engagement with the end surface 81 of member 25. This end surface is provided with a downwardly extending T slot 90 within which a locking bolt 9| is arranged for slidable movement or locking engagement therein in the same manner as disclosed in my locking bolt constructions. 32 and 66. The downwardly depending arm 85, which may be an integral part of bracket 8| or a depending member rigidly secured thereto in any suitable manner, is provided with a hole 92 therethrough to slidably receive the shank of bolt 9|, and said shank is provided with an outwardly extending threaded portion 94 upon which is secured a thumb screw 96. 'Ihe inner end of bolt 9| is provided with an enlarged head 91 arranged to frictionally lock within T slot 99 when thumb screw 96 is tightened. A coiled spring received withiny a cavity of thumb nut 95 si rounds bolt 92 and resiliently engages the arm 85 of bracket 8| in the same manner as disclosed in my previously noted locking device,

whereby a loosening of thumb nut 96 will maintain head 91 in slidable but supporting engagement within the T slot, and bracket 8| and guide member 80 may be vertically adjusted as a unit and thereafter locked in desired position by means of nut 96.

The drill .guide plate 80 may be of any suitable shape, but, in the present instance as illustrated, it preferably comprises a substantially rectangular block having opposed parallel sides and a rearward end 09 terminating in a pair of vertically disposed end faces |00 and a protruding tongue |0| longitudinally disposed thereof and substantially central of said faces. The tongue is arranged to slidably t within the narrow portion |02 of a T slot |03 extending longitudinally of and within the forward vface |04 of bracket 8| in the same manner as previously described tongue 28 is mounted in slot 21. It will thus be appreciated that member 80 is arranged to be slidably movable relative to face |04 but in engagement therewith and with T slot |03 so that said plate will always be disposed parallel to the table face As shown in Fig. 4, I have provided a convenient type of locking device whereby the guide plate 80 may be secured in any pre-adjusted position of its lateral movement towards and from face 26 of plate 25. To accomplish this, I have provided a hole |06 extending endwise through member 80 and substantially central i. thereof. This hole has an enlarged forward bore |01 and a reduced rearward bore |08 which is co-axial therewith and passes through tongue |0|. Received within this hole is a locking pin, generally indicated at |09, having an enlarged forwardly extending cylindrical portion l0 slidably received within bore |01 for axial movement therein and integrally secured to a reduced cylindrical portion slidably received within bore 00. The cylindrical portion terminates at its rearward end in a locking head |4 which is an elongated substantially fiat member arranged to be clamped into frict-ional locking engagement with the spaced faces ||6 of T slot |03. A coiled spring I1 surrounding reduced portion is slidably mounted within bore |01 and under compression between the end of enlarged portion |0 and the end wall of bore |01 so that locking head ||4 will normally remain in sliding frictional engagement with surfaces I6 to maintain faces |00 and |04 in engagement, thereby preventing any tendency of plate 80 to sag and lie out of parallel relation to surface The enlarged portion I0 is provided with a substantially vertical hole |20 therethrough intermediate of its ends, and a shaft |2| passes therethrough and is journalled within member 80 at opposite sides of bore |01 as shown in Fig. 4. The upper end of shaft 2| is provided with a suitable knurled head |23 whereby it may be conveniently rotated, and the intermediate portion of the shaft is provided with an eccentric or cam |24 engageable with the peripheral face of hole |20 whereby rotation of shaft |2| will cause an axial movement of the entire locking pin |09 to move head ||4 thereon into or out of locking engagement with surfaces ||6.

In order to conveniently and minutely adjust the lateral movement of plate B0 longitudinally of T slot |03, I have provided a screw threaded rod |26 integrally secured thereto and in alignment with slot |03 but in spaced relation thereto. This rod is received within a clamping member |21 of identical construction to the member 53, and thumbI nuts |30 and |3|, corresponding with thumb nuts 51 and 65, maybe employed to minutely and slidably position member 80 in the same manner as previously vdescribed with reference to clamping member 53. It will thus be appreciated that thumb nut 96 serves to rigidly secure the vertical location of guide plate 80, and the respective thumb nuts 40, 51, and 65 serve to aid in longitudinally positioning drill guide bushing 83 and plate 80 relative to surface I6; and members |23, |30, and |3| serve to aid in laterally positioning bushing 03 relative to guide face 26.

Mydrill guide bushing 83 preferably comprises a Wear resistant sleeve member composed of suitable material such as a hardened steel bushing having an internal bore |33 of such size as to slidably receive a drill of desired size and an outer peripheral cylindrical surface |34 slidably received Within a vertical bore passing through plate 80. The upper end of bushing 83 terminates in an enlarged annular or flanged portion |35 arranged to seat against member 80 and having a cut away portion in its periphery adapted to slidably engage a locating pin |31 which prevents rotation o-f the drill guide relative to plate 80. The upper end of bore |33 is preferably flared, as shown, to aid in guiding the drill into said bore. In the present instance, only a single removable drill guide sleeve has been illustrated, but it will be appreciated that this invention contemplates various sizes of drill guide sleeves arranged to interchangeably t within bore l 34 and seat against plate 80, as shown.

The present invention further contemplates an indicator mechanism whereby the plate 80 may be minutely adjusted by means of adjustment nuts 51 and |30 to precisely axially position the drill guide bushing 83 at an accurate and predetermined location. To accomplish this, I have provided a pair of amplifying pointersv|39 and |40 arranged to move over they respective intersecting scales |42 and |43 and magnify and indicate each minute movement of plate 80 while it is being moved into final adjusted position.

Pointer |39, as illustrated in Fig. 4, is provided with a downwardly projecting rearward portion terminating in a head |45 journalled for free pivotal movement on a stud |46 securedwithin a cavity |41 in the top of plate 80. A spring |50, secured at one end to a vertical stud |5| fastened Within said cavity and at the other end to a stud |52 mounted upon pointer |30 intermediate of its ends, tends to normally swing the pointer to the indicated dot and dash position |39a. The extreme pivotal movement of said pointer is limited by two studs |54. Head |45 has a short outwardly projecting arm |56 which is engageable with the end of a rod |53 slidably mounted within a bore |60 extending laterally through member 80 and having an axis which is parallel both tol surfaces and i8. This bore is provided with an enlarged portion adapted to slidably receive an enlarged cylindrical portion |63 at the outer end cf rod |58 and terminating in a head |64 having a ilat outer end face.

A coiled spring |65 surrounding the reduced portion of rod is slidably mounted within the enlarged bore and maintained under longitudinal compression between the inner end of member |63 and the inner end of said enlarged bore thereby tending to normally maintain rod |58 retracted from cavity |41 and at the outer end of its axial movement towards surface 26.

The axialmovement of rod |50 Yis limited by 7&5"

means of a substantially vertical pin |66 laterally extending therefrom and arranged for movement therewith diametrically across a vertical hole |61 within member 80. This vertical hole is preferably of such diameter as to provide sufficient lateral movement of pin |66 and correspondingly longitudinal movement of rod |58 to allow for angular movement of pointer |39 across the entire extent of graduations on scale |42.

In View oi the fact that spring |50 normally tends to swing pointer |39 to the position indicated at |39a, it will be appreciated that short arm |56 will always be maintained in operative engagement with the end of rod |58, and the pointer will normally rest at the lower end of graduations |42 except when head |64 is engaged and depressed to cause axial movement of rod |58 and a corresponding pivotal magnifying movement of pointer |39. Pointer |39 is provided with an index line at its outer end arranged to align with and indicate on graduations |42 the extent of longitudinal movement of head |64. Whenever this pointer is in alignment with a zero index line as indicated in Fig. l, the perpendicular distance from the outer end of head |64 to the axis of guide bushing 83 will always be the same known distance. This distance is indicated in the drawings by letter a..

Whenever it is desired to laterally position plate 80 so that the axis of the drill guide will lie at an exactly required distance from surface 26, it is simply necessary to insert one or more precision gauge blocks of desired thickness and herein indicated in dot and dash lines by letter g between the end of head |64 and surface 26. Plate 80 is then moved towards the gauge block until head |64 of rod |58 engages the gauge block and pointer |39 starts to move. Thumb nut |3| is thereafter tightened to rigidly lock member |21 against bracket 8|, and thumb nut |30 is turned to further adjust and minutely position plate 8E! to bring pointer |39 to its desired index position as shown in Fig. 1. Head |23 is thereafter turned to positively lock plate 80 in its pre-adjusted position. At this time, the perpendicular distance between the axis of the drill guide and surface 28 will be precisely the known distance a, plus the known thickness of guide block g, and in view of the magnifying properties of the pointer, the probability of error will be extremely remote. Hence, to precisely position the drill guide, it is simply necessary to employ one or more precision guide blocks of a required thickness.

'Ihe pointer |40 is actuated in an identical manner as pointer |39 wherein a rod |10 is slidably mounted for longitudinal movement within member 80 parallel to surfaces and 23 and arranged to engage the short end |1| of lever 40 to move it across scale |43. The outer end of rod |10 is provided with a suitable head |15 corresponding to head |64 and arranged to be engaged with a suitable precision gauge block g in the same manner as heretofore described with reference to head |64. Pointer |40 is limited in its movement by pins |16 and normally urged towards the right by a spring |11 to position |40a in the same manner as described for pointer |39. rIt is not believed that it is necessary to go into lfurther detail regarding the control of pointer |40 since the construction is identical to that employed for movement of pointer 39. It will be appreciated that the perpendicular distance between the end of head |15 and the axis of sleeve l,83 is always the same known distance whenever the pointer |40 rests on the Zero index line as shown in Fig. 1. This distance is illustrated by b. It will thus be appreciated that by employing one or more precision gauge blocks g of required thickness, the vertical distance between the axis of the hole to be drilled and the surface |8 may be quickly and easily predetermined by slidably positioning plate 25 in the manner previously described and locking said plate in final position with pointer |40 aligned with the Zero index line in the position shown in Fig. l. It will further be appreciated that the graduations of my scales may be so spaced as to each indicate a known distance and thus aid in precisely locating the plate 80 and bushing 83 in the precisely required position.

In view of the fact that the bracket 8| may tend to spring slightly and cause the drill guide to become inaccurately positioned, I have further provided a T slotl |18 within edge I9 of table l0, and an upstanding bracket |19, having a laterally protruding tongue |80 slidably positioned within said slot, may be rigidly secured in adjusted position by means of a locking device of the same type as employed for securing my member 25 within the slot 21 and adjustably locked in position by means of a thumb screw |82. Bracket |19 is further provided with a vertical upstanding face |84 adapted to be clamped flat against the rear face |85 of bracket 8|. Bracket |19 is provided with an elongated vertical slot |86 arranged to slidably receive a stud |88 which is integrally secured to and projects horizontally and rearwardly from face |85 of bracket 8|. The portion of said stud projecting through the slot is engaged by thumb nut |89 which may be tightened against the rear face of bracket |19 to rigidly support bracket 8|. It will thus be appreciated that during the adjustment of guide plate 80 to its precisely required location, thumb screw |89 is removed.` When the plate is adjusted to its predetermined position, thumb screw |82 is loosened and bracket |19 is slid within slot |18 until face |84 is in abutting engagement with face |85 after which thumb nut |82 is tightened and nut |89 is mounted and tightened upon screw |08 to aid in the rigid support of the overhanging end of bracket 8|.

l claim as my invention:

l. A portable jig for locating a drilling operation comprising a table having a flat work supporting face and an end wall provided with a work locating face disposed at right angles to the supporting face, a work guide member, means slidably securing said guide to a side of the table in perpendicular relation to the work guide and for movement towards and from said end wall, mechanism to minutely adjust the position of the work guide towards and from the end wall, a locking device to secureV the guide in adjusted position, a bracket slidably mounted on the guide for adjustable vertical movement and overlying the table, means adjustably securing the bracket on the guide, a drill guide plate slidably mounted on the bracket in parallel overlying relation to the table for adjustable movement towards and from the work guide, means to minutely adjust the drill guide plate, and a locking device to secure said plate in its adjusted position.

2. A portable jig for locating a drilling operation comprising a table having a at work supporting face, an end wall on the table having a work locating face perpendicularly disposed to the supporting face, a work guide member having a work engaging face perpendicularly disposed to said other faces, means slidably secur- Cil ing the guide to a side of the table for movement towards and from the end wall with the workengaging face in perpendicular relation to said other faces, mechanism to adjustably position the work guide, locking means to secure the guide in its adjusted position, a bracket adjustably and vertically movable on said guide in overlying relation to the table, means securing the bracket in adjusted position, a supporting member adjustably secured to the table and to said bracket to cooperate with the Work guide member in supporting the bracket relative to the table, a drill guide plate slidably mounted on the bracket in parallel relation to the table for movement towards and from the work guide, and means to adjustably position the drill guide plate relative to the work guide member.

3. In a portable jig, the combination of a work support, an end wall on said support, a work engaging member slidably mounted on the support for movement towards and from said end wall, work locating faces on the end wall and the work engaging member respectively perpendicularly disposed to each other, mechanism to lock the work engaging member in adjusted position, a drill guide plate located above the work support and carried by the work engaging member for adjustable movement therewith towards and from the end wall, means to adjustably position the drill guide plate towards and from the work engaging member, and an indicator mounted on the drill guide plate, the indicator having an amplifying pointer mounted for swinging movement, a graduated scale on the guide plate cooperating with the pointer, a rod slidably mounted in the drill guide plate, one end of said rod being operatively associated with the pointer and the other end of said rod being operatively associated with one of said work locating faces whereby the indicator will be moved over the scale to accurately measure the position of the drill guide plate relative to said face.

4. In a portable jig for locating a drilling operation in a work piece, a work supporting table, work locating members on the table, a drill guide plate supported above the table by one of said members and arranged for adjustable movement towards and from said members, a drill guide in said plate, means to lock the plate in adjusted position, an amplifying indicator mechanism mounted on the drill guide plate to register when the drill guide is located in a predetermined position relative to the locating members, the indicator mechanism including a pointer journalled for pivotal movement on the plate and having a long arm and a short arm, a graduated scale on the plate cooperating with said long arm, a rod slidably mounted in the plate and operatively engaging the short arm, a spring pivotally urging the pointer into engagement with said rod, means limiting the extent of movement of the rod, and the outer end of the rod being operatively associated with one of said work locating members whereby the pointer will accurately indicate on the scale when the drill guide is located in a predetermined position relative to said locating member.

5. In a portable jig, the combination of a work support having an end wall, a work engaging member slidably mounted on the support for movement towards and from the end wall, mechanism to lock the work engaging member in adjusted position, a d'rill guide plate located above the work support and carried by the work engaging member for adjustable movement therewith, rneans to adjustably position. the 'drill guide plate toward and from the work engaging member, a drill guide bushing in said plate, an indicating device mounted on the plate and arranged to indicate when the axis of the guide bushing is precisely located relative to the end wall, a similar indicating device arranged to indicate when the axis of the bushing is precisely positioned relative to the work engaging member, each of said devices having a pointer pivotally mounted on the plate and provided with a long arm and a short arm, a graduated scale on the plate cooperating with each long arm, rods mounted in the plate for slidable movement and respectively engageable with said short arms, resilient means tending to urge the rods out of the plate, means limiting the extent of rod movement, springs maintaining the pointers in operative engagement with said rods, and the outer ends of the rods being respectively operatively associated with the work locating faces in response to the final adjustable movement of the plate whereby minute adjustments of the plate are magnified and the drilling position may be pre-located with extreme accuracy.

GEORGE A. OKERFELT. 

